Excellence Awards

Evaluation

The evaluators comprise senior marketing, advancement, and communication professionals, hand-picked from tertiary institutions as well as from commerce and industry.

We do not judge, we evaluate, give guidance to grow because we believe that marketing, advancement and communication are the central nervous system of the community and of our institutions.

The evaluators comprise senior marketing, advancement, and communication professionals, hand-picked from tertiary institutions as well as from commerce and industry. The MACE Board reviews and approves the panel members in order to ensure that it is only leaders in the profession that are allowed the privilege of determining the standard of excellence for interventions in our respective fields of expertise.

Each entry is evaluated by a pair – one person from a tertiary institution and the other from the business world. They provide each entrant with detailed, constructive comments aimed at assisting entrants to improve their work.

How entries are scored

The following scale will be used to evaluate your entry:

1

Not provided, totally inappropriate approach.

2

No indication of strategic alignment, approach not explained or wrong, no measurement.

3

Inadequate explanation of alignment with the strategy, most key elements were missing, inadequate explanation of approach, only anecdotal results.

4

Professionally competent execution of the project, but not exceptional.

5

Professionally competent and better than average.

6

Clearly aligned with the business strategy of the institution, approach well explained, and valid and reliable results.

7

Exceptional and innovative approach, setting a new standard, insightful alignment with the business strategy, exceptional motivation of approach, and impressive, valid, and reliable results.

Weighting

The scoring in the different divisions is the same, but the weighing of the work plan and the work sample will differ.

Division 1

Campaigns

The work plan carries a higher weighting.

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Division 2

Media

The work sample and work plan are weighted equally.

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Division 3

Skills

The work sample carries a higher weighting.

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MACE fulfils a leadership role in the higher-education sector within Southern Africa by adding value to practitioners in marketing, advancement, and communication.